The big nylon cog on the LHS of the spool drastically cuts down on distance and also unbalances the spool, get a brass bullet to replace it. Also as previously mentioned, sand gets under the mag adjuster ring which is a real pain. The biggest reason that I got rid of mine and switched to mag elites though, is that if you are right handed and cast with the reel down the butt, as you bring the cast around, your grip on the rod/reel ( the span between index finger and thumb) can actually move the ring and inadvertantly back off the mags mid cast resulting in no end of crack offs.